Montana Cushmeyer Email & Phone Number

Bayonne, New Jersey, United States

• Bayonne High School's School Based Youth Services Program (SBYSP); Called the Student Center. Serving 9th - 12th grade students
• Engage in one-on-one counseling to discuss relationships, trauma, grief, and more, thus allowing students to focus on academics
• Work with students in crisis so they leave feeling calmer or proper referrals are made
• Mediate conflicts for students to learn how to communicate better when in argument with others and to advocate for themselves
• Leading LGBTQ+ Support Groups, giving students a sense of community and provide them a place to discuss such issues
• Co Facilitating Summer Orientation Groups to assist over 700 incoming freshman in obtaining information regarding Bayonne High School

Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States

• Engaged in one-on-one counseling where processing of boundaries, self-esteem, coping skills, and more occurred; hence adults with disabilities could work on improving aspects of their behaviors, emotions, and thoughts
• Created behavior plans to decrease undesirable behaviors, leading to adults with disabilities living more fulfilling lives
• Actively contributed to Interdisciplinary Team Meetings, thus allowing for team members to understand the impact of behaviors on the adult’s functioning in multiple realms of life
• Trained group home staff on mental health diagnoses and counseling skills, providing staff the knowledge to look for signs that the adult is not themselves and to allow staff to best assist the adult when in distress

Somerset, NJ

• Led first-grade boys by providing structure, consistent rules and expectations, and routine, allowing the children to flourish in the camp setting as they knew what was expected of them
• Applied behavior modification techniques through implementing a swim chart for fast-changing, praise, and attention for positive behaviors, and ignoring undesired behaviors; children had fewer negative behaviors
• Aided camp specialists by means of helping the children with the activity and handled behaviors so a specialist could continue the lesson, resulting in a smooth period
• Learned about each individual youth’s interests, dislikes, fears, behaviors, and more so that specialists, division heads, and other staff members could be briefed about child as needed

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

• Provided daily treatment, like crisis intervention, group therapy, and check-ins for children and adolescents experiencing mental health crises, leading to them learning to regulate their mental health
• Organized and led activities for group therapy sessions so that patients gained insight into themselves and their environments
• Deescalated patients in crisis by listening to and redirecting them, resulting in the police not having to be called at least once a week
• Engaged in daily check-ins where questionnaires with guardians and patients resulted in learning new information about patient’s wellbeing
• Completed biopsychosocial assessments with new patients to learn possible psychosocial factors impacting the patient and reasons for seeking treatment

Lincoln Park, NJ

• Assisted children and adolescents with behavioral concerns through rapport building and behavior modification plans, so that they could function positively in a classroom setting
• Used behavior modification techniques to facilitate positive useful behaviors; focusing on reducing maladaptive behaviors that interfered with social functioning and/or learning
• Administered weekly activities, such as a classroom escape room, to practice conversational skills, patience, and listening
• Met with youth for individual therapy to conduct positive environments; ensuring youth received the individualized attention that many desired

Elizabeth, New Jersey

• Consistently helped families in need by way of inviting them to center events or guiding them in obtaining information about utility payments, ultimately helping the families to meet a variety of their psychosocial needs
• Planned activities, as in coloring and bowling, and engaged in them with children and adolescents while guardians attended weekly workshops; allowed guardians to focus on learning during sessions
• Utilized artistic resources and created promotional flyers for health programs to entice readers to attend the events
• Designed and executed weekly environmental awareness lessons for a summer camp program to engage children during camp

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Clinical Social Work

Activities and Societies: •Phi Alpha Honor SocietyWhile at Rutgers University, I had two internships during the academic year, one at.

Study Abroad

I studied abroad in Robina, Queensland, Australia at Bond University from January 2017 - April 2017.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Major - Psychology, Minors - Lgbt Studies And Disability Studies

Activities and Societies: •The Pride Network, Hofstra's LGBTQ+ club. •Welcome Week •LGBT Mentorship •Psi ChiWhile at Hofstra University, I.